My Day on a Plate: Fern Britton

Fern Britton, television presenter and author, reveals her daily diet

7am The kids love chipolata sausages wrapped in a flattened slice of bread; with Heinz barbecue sauce they make excellent sausage rolls. I have one with more tea (I drink a lot).

10am I do a spinning class three mornings a week but today I'm working on chapter five of my third book. Head to my office with a cup of tea and two digestive biscuits, trying hard not to snaffle them both in one go. When I'm on a roll the tea goes cold.

12pm After feeding the pigs, Phil and I have baked beans, cooked with a sprinkle of dried chilli, chopped coriander and some runny honey, with bread and butter. Then fruit and tea.

Fern has to work just as hard as anyone else to shift the pounds, even after bariatric surgery; all the operation does is help manage portion sizes. This diary shows that by exercising she can have a day of stodgy, less-than-healthy food, but she surely can't eat like this all the time? However you manage it, it's all about energy in versus energy out!